11-27-11 New York Times: Don’t Know How? Well, Find Someone Who Does -- Is advanced technical knowledge necessary to become an inventor? Look at the story of Katherine Bomkamp, and you will see that it isn’t. Ms. Bomkamp, 20, came up with the idea behind the Pain Free Socket, a prosthetic device that is intended to ease phantom limb pain in amputees.

11-21-11 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock blog -- The Intercounty Connector: Travelers are eager for a test -- “I live in Ellicott City and take the bus from the Mall in Columbia. My workplace is the new Walter Reed in Bethesda. I would like the ICC tested using the route of the commuter bus Route 203, which is supposed to start Jan. 3. According to the Maryland Transit Administration, the route starts at the Snowden River Park and Ride in Columbia, proceeds to the mall, then to Scaggsville, Burtonsville, and the Georgia Avenue Park and Rides before arriving at the Medical Center Metro station."

11-10-11 WAMU 88.5 FM: Walter Reed Hospital In Bethesda Renamed -- Just last week, the federal government awarded almost $90 million to Maryland state and Montgomery County transportation agencies to upgraderoads and intersections around the medical center. County leaders worried that without any changes on Rockville Pike and Jones Bridge Road, the area would suffer from constant gridlock because of traffic to the new center.

11-9-11 New York Times: On War and Redemption -- Commentary by Captain Timothy Kudo, who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan between 2009 and 2011 with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, and is currently a Senior Membership Associate with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

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